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Da Luigi, the restaurant in this photo, is not far from the Blue Grotto on Capri. If I had only one afternoon to live, I think I would like to spend it here. Drift on in to the little cove in the boat you've hired for the day, drop anchor, and await the restaurant's launch that will bring you in to the sunbathing area. This is where I like to look around to see if my future wife is in attendance. From there, a chatty Italian waiter will escort you to your table, where you are encouraged to while away the afternoon over delicious food, wine, and plates of olives, prosciutto, and parmigiano.

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

The Super-Creepiest Movies of All Time!

Here is a list of some titles that might make you look onto the back seat floor of your car to check for any lurking agents of evil before driving away in the dark, peer behind your shower curtain when stopping by the bathroom in the middle of the night, or just look at people in a different, terrified way. . . .

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Jacob's Ladder (1990)

How about those rubbery, featureless faces peering at poor Tim Robbins from the rear windows of passing cars?

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The Omen (1976)

Yikes! That little kid was so convincing that I really hope he was acting and wasn't in fact . . . . I've seen the trailers for the remake (clever release date of 06-06-06!) and it looks excellent.

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Talk about a nightmare! And casting Angela Lansbury as the creepy villainess is up there in the Counterintuitive, Genius Casting category with Wilfred Brimley as the unnerving head of security in The Firm.

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Altered States (1980)

Waking up from a hallucinogenic nightmare only to find actual physical evidence of the dream on your body definitely qualifies as creepy . . . .

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The Sixth Sense (1999)

Some might call it gimmicky, but I thought it was a stroke of genius. I hope the little kid, Haley Joel Osment, makes the perilous transition from child actor to full-fledged adult actor, because his talent was obvious.

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The Ring (2002)

Well, when muddy ghosts start climbing out of the TV and pursuing a character, it's a telltale sign that you're watching a creepy movie. . . .